Canadian couple have baby from 22-year-old sperm

OTTAWA, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- A Canadian couple successfully conceived a baby with the husband's sperm, which was frozen 22 years ago.

Mike Kuzminski, now 43, suffered from cancer when he was just 18 years old. An oncologist advised the young man to freeze his sperm because the treatment was likely to render him infertile.

After his marriage with Kristin in 2003, Kuzminski's sister reminded him that he had made a deposit in a Calgary hospital years ago. The couple, who had never dreamed of having a baby, started their tryout.

"All of a sudden, one part of you doesn't want to get your hopes up, but you're opened up to this possibility. My heart was racing .... We could have a baby. Whoa!" said Kristin Thursday on a Canadian Television program from western Alberta province.

It took them only two attempts to get Kristine pregnant, using a technique called intra-uterine insemination. Now they already have a son Jacek.

Kristin said they have enough sperm left for 19 attempts, but right now they are focused on their new son and have not decided whether they will try to have another child.